Pennsylvania Senate Bill 30

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-0)
Status: Introduced on January 18 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2023-01-18 - Referred to EDUCATION
Pending: Senate Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

An Act providing for student loan debt data collection and report, for procedures for student loans, for disclosure of higher education costs, for a student loan ombudsman, for higher education assistance by employers, for duties of the Department of Education, Department of Banking and Securities and Department of Revenue; establishing the Student Loan Refinancing Program; authorizing the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency to issue bonds to fund the Student Loan Refinancing Program; establishing the Student Loan Refinancing Fund; providing for student loan debt tax credit, for application for tax credit, for taxpayer eligibility, for carryover and carryback, for outreach and marketing, for guidelines, for employer incentive for higher education assistance tax credit, for application for tax credits and for carryover, carryback and assignment of tax credits; and imposing penalties.

Providing for student loan debt data collection and report, for procedures for student loans, for disclosure of higher education costs, for a student loan ombudsman, for higher education assistance by employers, for duties of the Department of Education, Department of Banking and Securities and Department of Revenue; establishing the Student Loan Refinancing Program; authorizing the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency to issue bonds to fund the Student Loan Refinancing Program; establishing the Student Loan Refinancing Fund; providing for student loan debt tax credit, for application for tax credit, for taxpayer eligibility, for carryover and carryback, for outreach and marketing, for guidelines, for employer incentive for higher education assistance tax credit, for application for tax credits and for carryover, carryback and assignment of tax credits; and imposing penalties.

Sen. Vincent Hughes [D]	Sen. Katie Muth [D]	Sen. Lindsey Williams [D]	Sen. Wayne Fontana [D]
Sen. James Brewster [D]	Sen. Jimmy Dillon [D]	Sen. John Kane [D]	Sen. Christine Tartaglione [D]
Sen. Steven Santarsiero [D]	Sen. Timothy Kearney [D]	Sen. Carolyn Comitta [D]	Sen. Amanda Cappelletti [D]
Sen. Jay Costa [D]	Sen. Maria Collett [D]	Sen. Sharif Street [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-01-18	Senate	Referred to EDUCATION

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2023&sind=0&body=S&type=B&bn=30
Text	https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=PDF&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0030&pn=0062